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{R.W} FightLeague S2 Week 7 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between KC Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erwin Santan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper comes to the cage accompanied by Renegade by Jay-Z & Eminem. Cooper has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. KC Cooper has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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257 lbs
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274 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KC Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Santan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper has a takedown stuffed.
Cooper gets caught napping as Santan dives in and scores a takedown. Cooper manages to retain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Cooper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santan is one step ahead there.
Cooper keeping full guard, as Santan tries to pass.
Santan pushes down on Cooper's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santan working the head and body with strikes.
Santan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santan is looking to advance position but Cooper won't allow it.
Santan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santan uses his free foot to push down on Cooper's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cooper.
Santan cracks Cooper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cooper is rocked!
Santan connects with a bit shot that sees Cooper covering up! More strikes from Santan and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Santan is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erwin Santan!
In his post fight interview, Erwin Santan gave a big smile as he said 'Well slap my ass and call me "Sally"!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mykka Hoivunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoivunen comes to the cage accompanied by C SWEDEN SONG - swedish warriors. Hoivunen is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Justin Paul enters the cage!
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270 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
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280 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mykka Hoivunen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Paul!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paul connects with a body shot.
Hoivunen could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hoivunen is breathing heavily.
Paul lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Mykka Hoivunen has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Paul digs a good body shot into Hoivunen's ribs.
Paul is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Paul punishes Hoivunen's body with a nice straight punch.
Paul is stalking Hoivunen. Hoivunen circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Paul, and it's lights out! Hoivunen really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Justin Paul!
A determined Justin Paul didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randall McSweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randall McSweeney has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
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282 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randall McSweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeffrey Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McSweeney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McSweeney connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Ramirez. Beautiful body shot.
McSweeney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McSweeney instigates a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McSweeney throws a knee to the head but misses.
McSweeney stalls.
McSweeney looking to throw knees to the head but Ramirez is blocking nicely.
Ramirez taking a breather.
McSweeney misses with a punch to the body.
McSweeney breaks the clinch.
Ramirez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez fails with a takedown attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for McSweeney.
Ramirez blocks a head kick by McSweeney.
McSweeney takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeffrey Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez thows a body shot but no joy.
McSweeney feints and then cracks Ramirez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramirez down.
Ramirez lands with a nice body punch.
McSweeney could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ramirez lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramirez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ramirez missing with a left hand there. McSweeney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramirez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McSweeney rather than just go for the knockout.
McSweeney closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McSweeney moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ramirez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McSweeney, right into the meat.
McSweeney fails with an attempt to clinch.
McSweeney chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ramirez digs a good body shot into McSweeney's ribs.
McSweeney is breathing heavily.
McSweeney has closed the distance and engaged Ramirez in a clinch.
McSweeney lands a hook to the side of the head.
McSweeney tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirez avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramirez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McSweeney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ramirez managing to block the knees to the body from McSweeney.
Ramirez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramirez tries to stall but McSweeney uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McSweeney stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez trying to stall but McSweeney improves his position.
McSweeney missing with knees to the body.
McSweeney leaning against his opponent.
Ramirez taking a breather.
McSweeney can't find room to land a body shot as Ramirez controls the action.
Ramirez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ramirez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from McSweeney - that landed with a thud.
A bit of stalling here from McSweeney.
Ramirez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but McSweeney is defending well.
Ramirez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McSweeney tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirez avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McSweeney is keeping busy.
McSweeney controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Randall McSweeney will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ramirez misses with a looping right.
McSweeney tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McSweeney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McSweeney scores with a head kick. Ramirez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
McSweeney throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McSweeney wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez scores with a jab. McSweeney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ramirez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McSweeney thumps Ramirez with a low kick.
McSweeney moves into the clinch.
McSweeney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramirez avoids it.
McSweeney stalling.
McSweeney misses with a punch to the body.
McSweeney lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McSweeney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramirez is defending well for now.
McSweeney content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McSweeney tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
McSweeney scores with a hook to the body.
Ramirez tries for a takedown. No joy.
The referee is keeping an eye on McSweeney - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch on the inside from McSweeney fails to land.
Randall McSweeney has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McSweeney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramirez.
Ramirez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McSweeney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McSweeney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ramirez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramirez avoids it.
McSweeney leaning against his opponent.
McSweeney is working Ramirez over against the cage.
Ramirez is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSweeney unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McSweeney landing knees to the body.
McSweeney misses with a knee to the head.
McSweeney tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
McSweeney gets underhooks to prevent Ramirez's takedown attempt.
McSweeney with a knee to the head.
McSweeney landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McSweeney connects with an inside leg kick.
Randall McSweeney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McSweeney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirez.
Ramirez shoots in and drives through. McSweeney sprawls well.
Randall McSweeney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffrey Ramirez.
McSweeney cracks the inside of Ramirez's front leg.
McSweeney clinches with his opponent.
McSweeney is pushing Ramirez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ramirez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McSweeney landing knees to the body.
McSweeney misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramirez avoids it.
Ramirez avoiding damage as McSweeney throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McSweeney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ramirez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez takes a knee to the side of the body.
McSweeney pushes Ramirez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from McSweeney.
McSweeney lands a nice knee to the body.
McSweeney breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall McSweeney dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ramirez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McSweeney counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ramirez's knee momentarily.
A big left from Ramirez misses.
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
McSweeney throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
McSweeney lands a head kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from McSweeney.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McSweeney forces Ramirez back against the cage and clinches.
McSweeney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ramirez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McSweeney gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ramirez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McSweeney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramirez can do to turn this around?
A short right hand to the side of the head by McSweeney.
Ramirez trying to stall but McSweeney improves his position.
Ramirez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McSweeney wants to take the fight to the mat but Ramirez manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
McSweeney lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Jeffrey Ramirez has been cut.
McSweeney tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirez avoids the damage to the body.
McSweeney missing with knees to the body.
McSweeney unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McSweeney moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from McSweeney.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSweeney manages to break the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for McSweeney.
McSweeney tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McSweeney throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ramirez.
Ramirez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McSweeney.
Ramirez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McSweeney.
Ramirez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McSweeney lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McSweeney bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
McSweeney moves into the clinch.
McSweeney tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirez avoids the damage to the body.
Randall McSweeney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney breaks the clinch.
McSweeney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ramirez, pushing him back against the cage.
Ramirez taking a breather.
McSweeney landing knees to the body.
McSweeney landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McSweeney landing knees to the body.
McSweeney stalling in the clinch.
McSweeney gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
McSweeney with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McSweeney is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McSweeney connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
McSweeney working Ramirez over with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McSweeney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randall McSweeney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McSweeney has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall McSweeney!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Redge Coldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Eric Mac has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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285 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric Mac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Redge Coldon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coldon shoots in and bounces Mac off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mac is breathing heavily.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Coldon passes Mac's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Coldon lands with a punch from half guard.
Mac has hold of Coldon's hands but Coldon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coldon is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mac doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Coldon.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coldon uses his free foot to push down on Mac's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Mac.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coldon breaks from Mac's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Coldon scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Coldon controlling the position easily from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coldon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Coldon landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coldon postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Mac is out cold - huge knockout for Coldon!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Redge Coldon!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Auto Bot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Poppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Auto Bot has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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270 lbs
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Auto Bot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Poppy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A cross from Bot lands.
Bot looks to land a combination but Poppy avoids it well.
Bot connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Poppy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Poppy misses with the ground and pound.
Bot might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poppy is trying to get an arm triangle but Bot is defending well.
Poppy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Poppy tries for a kimura but Bot is defending well.
Poppy has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bot is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Poppy yanks on the arm and Bot is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Poppy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nick Poppy! Nick Poppy retains his heavyweight title!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kjell Sword (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus OConnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
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283 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kjell Sword!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seamus OConnell!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OConnell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sword.
Sword feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sword is looking to work some ground and pound but OConnell has wrist control.
OConnell is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sword connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OConnell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sword is one step ahead there.
Sword content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
OConnell seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sword trying to control the position from guard on top but OConnell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
OConnell pulls Sword in to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sword with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sword postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sword lands a couple of digs.
Sword stopping the sweep attempt from OConnell.
Sword slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sword works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OConnell takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
It looks like Seamus OConnell has been cut.
Sword wants to control but OConnell is keeping him busy.
OConnell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That has opened up Seamus OConnell's cut even more.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sword in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
OConnell struggling a bit here.
Sword lands an elbow.
The cut above Seamus OConnell's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OConnell can't do much from the bottom here.
OConnell is not content to let Sword control the position.
Sword in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sword trying to control the position but OConnell is working away.
OConnell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sword. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sword working the body and head with strikes.
Seamus OConnell's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Seamus OConnell's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kjell Sword!
After the fight, Kjell Sword was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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